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When will media outlets like @NPR stop being lazy & start doing their job?!
The #EqualityAct is a HUGE departure from the gains achieved in the SCOTUS Bostock ruling & there are meaningful objections to the Act that aren't religious!
#AmendTheEqualityAct
npr.org/2021/02/24/969…
The #EqualityAct is a HUGE departure from the gains achieved in the SCOTUS Bostock ruling & there are meaningful objections to the Act that aren't religious!
#AmendTheEqualityAct
npr.org/2021/02/24/969…
.@NPR's #EqualityAct reporting today was a failure:
"This act would explicitly enshrine those nondiscrimination protections into law for sexual orientation and gender identity, rather [...] 'sex.' However, the Equality Act would also substantially expand those protections." /2
"This act would explicitly enshrine those nondiscrimination protections into law for sexual orientation and gender identity, rather [...] 'sex.' However, the Equality Act would also substantially expand those protections." /2
This glosses over an important point:
The #EqualityAct does NOT follow the Bostock ruling which enshrined protections on the basis of sex. Instead of sex, the Act is based on gender identity.
This causes a cascade of damages that affect LGB people as well as women and girls /3
The #EqualityAct does NOT follow the Bostock ruling which enshrined protections on the basis of sex. Instead of sex, the Act is based on gender identity.
This causes a cascade of damages that affect LGB people as well as women and girls /3
Since @RepCicilline/@DavidCicilline introduced it, people ask us "Why is a group dedicated to LGB rights concerned about the Equality Act? What's not to like about a law that protects people from being discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation?"
A thread! /1
A thread! /1
There are some wonderful (and overdue!) things in the Equality Act that we welcome. Of course!
But while we applaud the parts of the Act that advance LGB rights, we feel that despite being well-meaning, the bill acts as a kind of Trojan Horse for homophobia and misogyny. /2
But while we applaud the parts of the Act that advance LGB rights, we feel that despite being well-meaning, the bill acts as a kind of Trojan Horse for homophobia and misogyny. /2
As a community, the gay movement has waited so long for some of the important changes in the Equality Act, many aren't thinking critically about the trouble contained in it. To be clear, the problem WITHIN the Equality Act is NOT trans people, it is something ideological. /3
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) & Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) look at the week of Feb. 22 to introduce the Equality Act with a vote expected as early as March./1
Psaki: Biden 'stands by' campaign pledge to sign Equality Act within 100 days washingtonblade.com/2021/02/05/psa… via @washblade
Psaki: Biden 'stands by' campaign pledge to sign Equality Act within 100 days washingtonblade.com/2021/02/05/psa… via @washblade
As written the Equality Act conflates sex and "gender identity." This eliminates female-only spaces by allowing access based on gender identity./2
"sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity)"
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"sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity)"
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@LGBAlliance_USA supports @FeministStruggl and their proposal to #amendtheequalityact /3
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While we welcome the anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, the Exec Order signed yesterday is egregiously broad & effectively ELIMINATES 'sex' as a protected class. #BidenErasedWomen with this far-reaching order, which will decimate women's sports, safety & privacy.
Government agencies will be directed to include trans identified males in the definition of women, based on 'gender identity.' This means the end of female-only spaces, incl. shelters, prisons and sports. #BidenErasedWomen. #ForXX #AmendTheEqualityAct lgballianceusa.substack.com/p/fact-sheet-o…
The very definition of homosexual depends on 'sex,' & this Exec Order harms lesbians & gays by effectively telling them that 'sex' doesn't matter--only 'gender identity.' We're already facing abuse for refusing partners based on 'gender identity' instead of sex. #BidenErasedWomen
1/ So, so many emotions this morning. Relief & anger amongst them: just imagine if that crowd storming the Capitol was Black.
Never thought I’d be grateful for @VP Mike Pence - but I am. He gave one of the finest speeches of any politician last night.
Never thought I’d be grateful for @VP Mike Pence - but I am. He gave one of the finest speeches of any politician last night.
2/ But most of all, despite everything that happened overnight in the US, I never thought I’d feel fear about a Democratic president, with control of both Houses of Congress - but I do.
3/ I’m a Democrat. I’m also a Black British feminist & a lesbian. I believe that sex is real & immutable. I believe passionately that gender-diverse & transgender persons must be protected from discrimination, but not at the cost of erasing ’woman’ as a sex based legal category.
1/ I follow (and am followed by) people from across the political spectrum. We share a commitment to reversing the extremist agenda of the LGBT trans lobby; preserving women's sex-based rights & protecting children & vulnerable young people from puberty blockers & sterilisation.
2/ Those that don’t know me are surprised at my relief at a Biden / Harris win. You shouldn’t be. I’m a Democrat. And democracy was teetering on the brink. Am I fan of Biden? No, not especially. Don’t I know that both Biden & Harris have drunk the TWAW Kool-Aid? I do.
3/ Although I wished for a Biden / Harris victory, I feared it. I’m not alone. The Equality Act / HR5 is stalled in the Republican controlled senate. That’s a relief. If passed by a Dem controlled senate it will erase women’s sex based rights. Notions of gender will replace sex.
